Thanks for this thread. I had this idea when the game first came out but was worried I'd end up in jail as a child molester. Good to know it's mostly people my age playing. Some bitch stole my entire card binder in 6th grade. Time to fucking catch em all again.

How many of these girls were legit fans if the show or games before this app though ? I want to weed out the fake gamer girls.

This sounds like an ad.

It reeks of "viral marketing".

"Pokemon Go?" is an amazing ice breaker with this.

This seems great. The girls that normally don't venture out much now do.

Dl'ed it today and took a 4km walk with a plate, its was 4pm afternoon in not-so-busy residential and park areas. Saw around 25-30pokemons, 5-6 dudes playing and 2 girls playing. One of the girls opened us, "are you playing? i saw X-type was around here".

I can see on the map that the downtown park is filled with blinking shit i assume to be lures. Will check that out tomorrow. Also planning on parking my ass w/ lure at some hot coffeshop where you sit outside.

I was just about to piss away all the lure modules I have till I read this post.

Take advantage of this trend while it is strong.

As a UX designer, I installed the game primarily to check out the interface since millions of people are going to be using it and it could influence future trends. I found the actual gameplay incredibly shallow, and I was planning to uninstall until yesterday.

I took a walk along a paved trail near the river in my city, and literally everyone that had their phone out (at least 50 people over the course of an afternoon) was using the app. Later that evening I passed a spot where someone had dropped a lure and sure enough there was a group of 6-8 people that had gathered there, just like the OP describes.

Every time I would run into someone that was using the app, there was an immediate connection like we were members of a secret club or some shit. Running into a cute chick using the app was like having an instant ice-breaker.

Also, I have not seen any stereotypical "gamers" using the app. It's only been fairly thin and attractive people. Possibly because it's very hot in my city but also due to the physical requirements the game has - if you don't physically walk, your character doesn't walk. I've seriously walked 20 extra miles over the past 4 days, purely from playing the game. I've also seen no one younger than 19 playing it.

I went walking on my lunch hour today, and it was the same deal. Every college age person was using the app. I got the number of a cute HB8 by asking her where a Kingler I was looking for was. I've gotten numerous FB adds from other dudes with shared interests that I met playing GO - running the gamut from fellow lifters to business investors.

Nintendo has really struck a cord here with 18-28 year-olds, people. I don't think it's going to last once it gets too cold to walk around outside, but in the meantime if you're looking to meet new people or talk to girls, there are a hell of a lot worse ways than this.

working over 40 hours a week and I refuse to spend free time gaming. been there done that.

Perhaps I'm out of touch and I suppose it is somehow possible to pick up a woman with this but how about not? Just think of someone you admire or respect, maybe not quite an "idol" but someone you at least admire and/or look up to....a man who exists today or at least recently. Would HE play Pokemon Go? Dicking around with bullshit like this also seems intrinsically opposed to what this subreddit (i think) promotes: physical health and fitness, knowledge through reading, mastery of emotions and mind and the lifelong journey of emotional (and/or spiritual if you prefer) growth. Doesn't seem masculine or productive. Seems like a waste of time. Kid shit.

I'm really glad TRP is seeing the value in this instead of putting it down for being a video game about Pokemon. This is seriously a great opportunity to bring people together and meet new people. TRP rookies, this is a great place to start!

Yep, I thought exactly that. It seems like an awesome tool for pickup, since it both provides a place with a high concentration of people and a conversation starter.

On the contrary, you look better if you're the only guy not playing it

this post and its upvotes makes me question whether or not I can continue to take this sub seriously. Jesus guys, Me and a hot girl in class were making fun of this shit. go lift faggots.

Talk shit about it all you want but whether you decide to go to a sketchy place is your judgement lol. If you get robbed that's your fault. But otherwise I'm glad you posted this.

What is this "drop a lure" and what is the magic therein???

It wont last.

Pokemon is a grindy RNG based RPG game.

Hot Women will not stick it it unless the actual game changes.

Yesterday I actually ran into a modded pokestop that was a frat house. I got out of my car and just kicked it with the guys on the porch for a bit and they introduced me to a lot of girls. It's a pretty legit way to strike up a convo b

This is why I love this sub.

What a certain forum of ill-repute is to the online money-hustling marketplace, TRP is to the real world pussy-hustling marketplace.

Everything always comes back to the hustle, lads. Find a niche and fill it. Recognize an opportunity, and pounce on it.

I really find all of sweeping enthusiasm about a video game from TRP community hard to believe. This sounds like a crock of manufactured marketing bullshit if you ask me.

I'm in Austin TX and yesterday went to a few parks by the UT campus and the capital. I got like 5 numbers and a few girls on my Facebook poke chat.

You guys are way underestimating the social aspect of this game. Beautiful women everywhere, in their early twenties.

I'm setting up a local chat to go poke hunting with ask the cute chick's I find.

"Worldwide phenomenon" even tho it's only released in 10 or so countries?

I'm sure all of the alphas of the world can't decide whether to train their Pikachu or Charmander

This post exhibits why this sub is still for squids, written by squids.

ITT: Idgaf vs no fun allowed

Pokémon Go is a trap! Nintendo is very crafty in terms of marketing. They know Generation one Pokémon fans are in or around their near 20s. Many which are college graduates and most are entering the workforce. It's a well devised scheme to make a quick money grab by playing off of childish nostalgia under the guise of social networking.

Anyone who plays this is going to wind up wasting alot of time and alot of money in microtransaction. Time that can be used to lift, read, engage in useful hobbies, and develop Masculine Polarity. Coming from a former Gen 1& 2 Pokémon player and a man who studies the effects of mobile game designs that induce addiction and rampant spending this is a Blue Pil Trap! You numbnuts are falling in it head over heels!

The game isn't actually all that great. It's a fad that will die down. The paradigm is here to stay, but don't be surprised if you can't meet as many people playing these types of games in the coming weeks/years as you can at this moment.

Just make sure to wrap it up so you don't 'catch 'em all'

Lol, was expecting to see everyone discussing their pickup strategies, and go with what bsutansalt was getting across.

Instead, everyone is talking about their pokemon.

Also, I'm 36 ish, how did you catch onto this, and I somehow missed it?

Can confirm. A buddy and I did this in the middle of the square in our downtown area on Saturday. Dropped lures on two side-by-side pokestops with a pokegym situated within range as well. It was just us there when we started. Within 20 minutes, over 40 people had shown up with about a 50/50 M/F ratio. We chatted up several of the women. The social engineering aspect of this game is amazing. We even found it incredibly easy to chat with them because the icebreaker is already there. You see them walk up with their phone out and immediately can ask what team they're on, etc. etc. You instantly have something in common.

We later went to lunch at a nearby BBQ joint that had a pokestop next door. Spoke to the owner who said he had been dropping lures on his place all day and had done at least twice the business of previous lunchtimes on Saturdays. This is a cultural phenomenon at this point.

edit: grammar

I took over the gym at the Space Needle for a good 20 minutes with a Pidgeot named "Trump 2016". Hope I triggered Seattle SJWs by doing so.

Anyway, its a fun game. Don't think that because its Pokemon, that its for kids, or for nerds, and by playing it, you will be seen as one.

Pokemon was really, really big when I was in 5th/6th grade. Everyone liked it and I mean everyone. The last bastion of our childhood, right before we became teenagers. Of course once we got into middle school and started turning 13 everyone started to hate Pokemon and trash it because it was "for kids". But myself, while I trashed Pokemon with my friends, I secretly continued to like it and play it. I still buy all the games to this day. I guarantee I wasn't the only closet Pokemon fan all through high school and college. That's why I think this game is catching on, its popularity is giving people an excuse to drop the charade for hating Pokemon because its for kids, and allowing people to reconnect with their childhood and nostalgia.

OP is right. I thought it would just be a bunch of nerdy rainbow dyed haired thick frame triggered glasses feminists playing it. While I have seen plenty of them playing it, I have seen a lot of non-geeky or non-SJW/feminist looking HBs playing it as well.

Do what you like. Who cares what others think.

I tried "Pokemon Go and chill?" yesterday on Tinder, It was super effective!

This is somewhat a trend, but it's completely amazing and incredible if this is the direction gaming is going. The fact that it uses the real world as it's playing arena is amazing, and really is the future. Imagine and MMO where instead of sitting in a chair in front of a computer to go on a quest or something, you have to go somewhere on earth to do so. That's completely incredible to me.

Drive anywhere around a decently large city or town and you see flocks of people outside playing this game, however, wonder how that will change in the winter time or places where it's ball shrinking cold.

A fucking pokemon game is trendy enough to make high smv women hop on to it. It proves that any stupid or unorthodox thing can be promoted to the hivemind and will catch like fire, and let me just remind you that pokemon is a fucking ANIME

If I need a game app to meet women I am beyond help from TRP.

I see this working for 2 groups:

1. Established pua/rp's looking for a novel game scenario to get girls, as opposed to bar/street etc pickups.

2. Nerd-inclined newbies to rp who may feel out of their element in clubs or bars. For them this could be a great catalyst to become better.

For inbetweeners like myself it's pretty meh in terms of usefulness or appeal. Still a fun read though.

Gonna go ahead and play devil's advocate here. I haven't downloaded the game. Not a Pokemon hater by any means, I (still) own at least one game from every generation. But to me, this seems like a perfect storm that's gonna die down soon.

Combining the good weather, the nostalgia value, the fact that it's "cool" to play the game, the newness factor and the social aspect, you've got an incredible product. But as soon as those first four wear off, the fifth evaporates with it. Not by any means saying don't try and take advantage right now; certainly, strike while the iron is hot. But don't expect to be having the same success come October/November.

holy shit the quantity and quality of women was astounding!

You didn't pull a single one did you